DPP-2 MATHEMATICS

Time: 90 mins Basic Inequalities

Adviced to do in 2 sittings of 45 mins each
PART- A
Solve the following inequalities and write your answers in sets after marking on
number line system : –

3x  1
1. 0< 1
2x  5
2x
2. 1 2
x 1
x 2  7 x  12
3. > 0.
2x 2  4 x  5

x 2  6x  7
4.  2.
x2  1

1  2 x  3x 2
5. > 0.
3x  x 2  5

5x 2  2
6. < 1.
4x 2  x  3
4 2
+
7.
1 x 1  x < 1.
2 6
8. 1+ 
x 1 x
x 1 x 1

9.
x x 1 < 2.
2x 1

10.
x 9 x  2 .
2

20 10

11.
( x  3 ) ( x  4 ) x  4 + 1 > 0.

12. ( x2 + 3x + 1 ) ( x2 + 3x – 3 )  5.

13. ( x2 – x – 1 ) ( x2 – x – 7 ) < –5.

 PART- B

x 3  3x 2  x  3
1. How many integral values of x < 10 satisfy > 0?
x 2  3x  2
a) 8 b) 6 c) 5 d) infinitely many
2x  3 1
2. If 2
 , then x can lie in which of the following intervals? (Mark all the right
x  x  12 2
options)
a) (– , 3) b) [– 3 ,3) c) (– , – 4) d) [6, )
x2
3. The solution set of 5x + 2 < 3x + 8 and < 4 is the interval
x 1
a) (2,3) b) (– ,1) c) (1,3) d) (– 1) U (2,3)

2x  1 3x  1
4. The greatest integer that satsifies   1 is
3 2
a) 0 b) –1 c) 1 d) –2

1 1
5. The equation x + =2+ has
x2 x2
a) exactly one solution b) exactly two solutions
c) no solution d) infinitely many solutions.

BASIC INEQUALITIES
ANSWER KEY(DPP -1)
1. (1, 2 )  ( 2 , 3 ) 2. ( – 1/4 , 5/6 )

3. (–  , +  ) 4. (2 , 3 )

5. (–  , – 2 )  ( – 2 , –1 )  ( 1 , +  ) 6. ( – , –2 )  ( –2 , –1/2 )  ( 1 , +  )

7. ( –2 , –1 )  ( 1 , + 2 ) 8. [–3, 3 ]

9. (–  , 2 )  ( 5 , +  ) 10. (–  , 1 )  ( 3/2, + )

11.( – 3 , 1 ) 12. (–  , 0 )  ( 3 , +  )